To: TheConservator
how long has chechnya been islamic? this is the key question. that area WAS at one time mostly christian.
144 posted on
10/25/2002 9:02:23 PM PDT by
gdc61
To: gdc61
I believe Chechnya has never been Christian. For a while, in the early middle ages, the area was controlled by the Khazars, who were (of all things) Jewish. But it has been Islamic ever since then.
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